Rooker Extension Not A Slam Dunk, But Still A Lay Up

For a team not known for miserly ways, the Brent Rooker extension ($60M guaranteed over the next 5 years) would be an easy call. $12M/year is not going to prevent most teams from spending the way they want or need, and it’s a bargain for a hitter of Rooker’s 2023-24 acumen.

And perhaps the A’s are becoming one of those teams, a club that will spend over $100M even if only by force. But they are still a long ways away from being able to spend with reckless abandon ...